Job 31:38
אִם ־ עָלַי אַדְמָתִי תִזְעָק וְיַחַד תְּלָמֶיהָ יִבְכָּיֽוּן ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
In Context
37מִסְפַּר צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ כְּמוֹ ־ נָגִיד אֲקָרֲבֶֽנּוּ ׃
39אִם ־ כֹּחָהּ אָכַלְתִּי בְלִי ־ כָסֶף וְנֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלֶיהָ הִפָּֽחְתִּי ׃
Cross References
Psalms 65:13יִרְעֲפוּ נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר וְגִיל גְּבָעוֹת תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה ׃ לָבְשׁוּ כָרִים ׀ הַצֹּאן וַעֲמָקִים יַֽעַטְפוּ ־ בָר יִתְרוֹעֲעוּ אַף ־ יָשִֽׁירוּ ׃
Matthew Henry on Job 31:34-40
Job's Protestation of His Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: 34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as… Read the whole commentary →